COLORADO SPRINGS - LaGrange County’s Karch Bachman is headed to Europe to play hockey on an international stage. The 17-year-old who attends Culver Academy was selected to the U-S under-18 select team roster.

Bachman participated in the Boys’ Select 17 Player Development Camp in New York last week.

The under-18 team travels to the Czech Republic and Slovakia next month to compete with other national teams in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. They’ll play teams from the Czech Republic, Russia, and Finland in the tournament that begins August 9th.